Most Americans have probably concluded that the entire exercise is political theater
Across the pond, grown men are willing to bring down a sitting president over the word “us.”
Isn’t that what it all comes down to? In President Trump’s July 25 call with President Zelensky of Ukraine, he said this:
I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it…. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the attorney general call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it…. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.
The Democrats say that “us” means “Donald Trump” and the Republicans claim that “us” means “the United States of America.” Everything else is commentary.
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